Minnie Downs Queensland Map
Explore Minnie Downs, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Minnie Downs, QLD map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Locality | Minnie Downs |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Blackall Tambo Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -25.09046 |
| Longitude | 145.81751 |
| Population | 13 |
| Density | 0.0 /km² |
| Area | 928.1 km² |
| Elevation | 415 m |
| Postcode | 4478 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 766 km west-northwest |
About Minnie Downs, Queensland
Minnie Downs is a locality in the Blackall Tambo Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 13. The locality covers an area of 928.1 km², giving a population density of about 0.0 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 415 m above sea level. It lies approximately 766 km west-northwest of Brisbane. Minnie Downs is located at 25.0905°S, 145.8175°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4478. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Minnie Downs rests beneath a sky that stretches, immense and often a startling blue, over a landscape of muted greens and ochres. It lies 512.4 km west-south-west of Rockhampton City, QLD (from Rockhampton City, QLD: bearing 247°T), and is situated 70.6 km south-east of Blackall. The earth here, a rich, dusty red, rolls with a gentle swell, punctuated by the stark, grey-green silhouettes of scattered mulga and the deeper, more robust forms of ironwood. The air, particularly as the sun begins its slow descent, carries a dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers. This is country where distance feels tangible, where the horizon is a constant, unwavering promise, and the silence is so profound it hums.
The story of Minnie Downs is inextricably linked to the wool industry, its fortunes once tethered to the hardy Merino sheep that grazed its vast expanses. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the shearing season and the prices fetched at auction, a cycle that shaped the character of the land and its people. While the dominance of wool may have waned, the spirit of resilience remains, a quiet tenacity born of the land's unforgiving beauty and the deep roots planted by those who first settled this country. Today, the economy diversifies, with cattle grazing also playing a significant role, but the soul of Minnie Downs still whispers of wool bales and the enduring legacy of the pastoralists who carved a life from this rugged terrain.
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About This Minnie Downs Map Page
This page provides a street and satellite map of Minnie Downs, Queensland. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Minnie Downs, in the Blackall Tambo Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Minnie Downs includes the postcode (4478), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Blackall Tambo Regional), with an ABS remoteness classification of Very Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Minnie Downs is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |
